MYSTERIES...?

bythegods:

Νύξ ; Nyx - Primordial Greek Goddess of Night
Roman: Nox

Zeus the almighty god of the Greek Olympian Pantheon is depicted as all powerful. However, like every deity or hero there is always one thing (if not many) they fear. I’m not referring to an envious Hera, nor a tyrannical father like Kronos, or even the Gigantes who almost ransacked Olympus. There is one figure, in the obscure pages of Greek Mythology whom Zeus wishes to displease - one with the power over Gods and Mortals - Nyx the Goddess of Night.

Origins: Nyx is depicted as a black-winged Goddess driving a chariot, and at times a veil of dark mist. Mentioned from the cosmogony of Hesiod, she was born from Air (Khaos). Sleeping with Darkness (Erebos) produced Light (Aither) and Day (Hemera), first components of the primeval universe. However, she gave birth to other more known but lesser gods which include [According to Hesiod]:

• Thanatos (Gentle Death)
• Hypnos (Sleep)
• Morpheus & the tribe of dreams (Oneiroi)
• Moirai (better known as the Fates)
• Ker & the Keres (Bringers of violent death)
• Moros - (Doom)
• Oizys (Misery)
• Momos (Criticism & Blame)
• Hesperides (Nymphs of the Evenings)
• Nemesis (Retribution)
• Apate (Deceit)
• Philotes (Sex - hence the the suffix -phile)
• Geras (Old age - Geriatrics anyone?)
• Eris (the most famous hater in the Universe of Greek mythology - Strife/Discord)

Though rarely mentioned in Greek Myths, one passage from the Iliad by Homer is a scene where Hypnos addresses Hera about an old favor she commanded of him:
[Hypnos addresses Hera :] `That time I laid to sleep the brain in Zeus of the aegis and drifted upon him still and soft, but your mind was devising evil, and you raised along the sea the blasts of the racking winds, and on these swept him away to Kos, the strong-founded, with all his friends lost, but Zeus awakened in anger and beat the gods up and down his house, looking beyond all others for me, and would have sunk me out of sight in the sea from the bright sky had not Nyx (Night) who has power over gods and men rescued me. I reached her in my flight, and Zeus let be, though he was angry, in awe of doing anything to swift Nyx’ displeasure.’”

Zeus played it safe… and did a smart thing not to anger a Goddess far more powerful than he. So we have Nyx and her children to thank for many other events in Greek Mythology. E.g. Eris, spirit of discord, throwing the Golden Apple which influenced the start of the Trojan war, etc.

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silverwitch:

The Charge of the God

 

Listen to the words of the Great Father, who of old was called Osiris, Adonis,

Zeus, Thor, Pan, Cernunnos, Herne, Lugh and by many other names:

 

“My Law is Harmony with all things.  Mine is the secret that opens the gates of

life and mine is the dish of salt of the earth that is the body of Cernunnos

that is the eternal circle of rebirth.  I give the knowledge of life

everlasting, and beyond death I give the promise of regeneration and renewal. I

am the sacrifice, the father of all things, and my protection blankets the

earth.”

 

Hear the words of the dancing God, the music of whose laughter stirs the winds,

whose voice calls the seasons:

 

“I who am the Lord of the Hunt and the Power of the Light, sun among the clouds

and the secret of the flame, I call upon your bodies to arise and come unto me.

For I am the flesh of the earth and all it’s beings. Thru me all things must die

and with me are reborn.  Let my worship be in the body that sings, for behold

all acts of willing sacrifice are my rituals.  Let there be desire and fear,

anger and weakness, joy and peace, awe and longing within you.  For these too

are part of the mysteries found within yourself, within me, all beginnings have

endings, and all endings have beginnings.”

 

druidteachings:

CONJURING THE DIVINE FEMININE

plants, minerals, oils for your altar

 APHRODITE

goddess of romantic and sexual love

olive blossoms, oyster shells, linden, red roses and sea foam

 BASTET
Egyptian Goddess of Cats & Perfumery
Egyptian red musk, catnip and warm amber

 BRIGID
Celtic Goddess of Fire
green moss, verdant field greens, heather, bathwater, and coal

 CIRCE
Master Sorceress
 star anise, narcotic opium, aubergine, black tea,  ghost flower

CLEOPATRA
Legendary Queen, Seductress & Strategist
Egyptian myrrh, sandalwood, red musk, and amyris

COATLICUE
Terrifying Mother of the Moon and Stars

red banana, cumin, cacao, cinnamon and raw coffee beans

EPONA
 Horse Goddess

icelandic moss, apples, sweetgrass, braided leather

ERISKEGAL
Sumerian Queen of the Underworld
black calla lilies, whole cloves, scarlet amber, lapis lazuli 

EVE
Biblical Temptress
red apples, green serpents, figs & fig leaves

FREYA
Norse Goddess of Love & Witchcraft
silver birch bark, briar, campfire smoke, feathers, hawthorne, and mandrake root

HECATE
Goddess of the Dark Moon & Crossroads
Night blooming jasmine, cypress and torchlight smoke, musk, mugwort

HEL
Scandinavian Goddess of the Realms of Death
charred oak, stinging nettles, patchouli, smoldering yew branches and decaying leaves

ISIS
Egyptian Goddess of the World
myrrh, jasmine absolute, amaranth (velvet flower), white musk, moonlight, and honey

JOAN OF ARC
Warrior Maiden of Orléans

red oak, meadowsweet, honeysuckle, white clover, and rosewood

LILLITH
Primal Female
bergamot, wood betony, wolfsbane, blackberry

NEPTHYS
Egyptian Goddess of Darkness
lunar water, african violet, myrrh, ambergris

PERSEPHONE
 pomegranate, white daffodil, meltwater and cypress

PHARAOH HATSHEPSUT
Egyptian Queen Regnant
riverwater, pacifistic frankincense, bloodroot, and spikenard

ST. THECLA
Noble Virgin

lily of the valley, peppermint, wildflower honey, quartz crystal, church incense, gooseberry

WHORE OF BABYLON
burnt vanilla, champagne foam, orchid, pear blossom, sea water

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